monastic community
Abbey's resident group
A monastic community is a group of monks or nuns living together under religious vows, typically in an abbey, monastery, or convent.
Members share a common spiritual discipline—prayer, work, and often silence—following a rule such as the Benedictine Rule.
The monastic community rises before dawn for the first prayers of the day.
- Desert FathersFounding Christian monastics
- abbotMonastery's chief cleric
- prayerAddress to deity
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
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monastic communitysecular society
Culture separating state from religion
civil society · commercial enterprise · corporation · business community · marketplace
monastic communityurban center
Populated municipal area
metropolis · city life · commercial hub · trading post · town square
monastic communityden of iniquity
Place of moral corruption
Sodom and Gomorrah · house of ill repute · bordello · nightclub · casino
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